Japan approves smallpox vaccine to prevent monkeypox - India TV News
8/3/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by Reported by IANS
by Reported by IANS
The World Health Organisation has declared monkeypox a global health emergency amid a global outbreak of the disease. As for Japan's supply of the smallpox vaccine, the ministry said it is currently sufficient.
- Japan's health ministry has approved the use of a smallpox vaccine as monkeypox vaccine.
- The vaccine is thought to be 85 per cent effective against monkeypox.
- The move came … [+1735 chars] full article...